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CONCLUSIONS. 



This experiment and the data obtained from other sources given in the 

 foregoing pages indicate: 



1. There is enough grain and mill products in the state to fatten our 



cattle. 



2. That feeding stations can be made a success where a supply of 

 tran and shorts are assured. 



j. Cattle can be profitably fattened on corn fodder, hay and barley on 

 nearly all the farms in North Dakota. 



4. It is not advisable to feed mo-re than 150 head of cattle in one 

 \ard. 



5. Grass fat range steers do not compete directly with gram fed 

 steers. 



6. Growing corn fodder for roughage makes fewer weeds and heavier 

 yields for following wheat crops. 



7. The market demand will probably continue to be good owing to 

 a scarcity of meat producing animal's in the United States. 



8. Range steers require a long preliminary feeding before a heavy 

 supply of grain is given them. 



9. Eleven hundred fifty pound 'Steers fed for 'a period of six months 

 -.vill eat an average of about 16 3-4 pounds of grain and 12 pounds of hay 

 per day. 



10. Range steers fed in a commercial way will gain from a pound and 

 a quarter to a pound and a half per day.' 



11. Cattle should neithei be gorged nor starved for feed oir water 

 before shipment is made. A medium quantity of dry feed is best. 



12. Barley gives a heavier gain per hundred pounds of grain fed and 

 a higher rate of giain per day than does bra-n and shorts. 



13. With the prices for feed which prevailed locally, bnan and shorts 

 gave the cheaper gain and the greater profit. 



]. H. SHEPPERD. 



